[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SHRINKRES-115?page=com.atlassian.jira.plu... ] Bernard Labno commented on SHRINKRES-115: ----------------------------------------- John, I do not understand #1. Maven is very extensible tool. People use filters, customize plugins, etc. I.e. RichFaces use maven plugin to pack together and compress all css and js files. So sometimes we actually need to some maven goals or phases to get artifacts that should be used and tested. Here is output of some options of mvn --help. {code} usage: mvn [options] [<goal(s)>] [<phase(s)>] Options: -am,--also-make If project list is specified, also build projects required by the list -amd,--also-make-dependents If project list is specified, also build projects that depend on projects on the list -B,--batch-mode Run in non-interactive (batch) mode -C,--strict-checksums Fail the build if checksums don't match -c,--lax-checksums Warn if checksums don't match -D,--define <arg> Define a system property -f,--file <arg> Force the use of an alternate POM file. -gs,--global-settings <arg> Alternate path for the global settings file -N,--non-recursive Do not recurse into sub-projects -npu,--no-plugin-updates Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility -nsu,--no-snapshot-updates Suppress SNAPSHOT updates -o,--offline Work offline -P,--activate-profiles <arg> Comma-delimited list of profiles to activate -pl,--projects <arg> Comma-delimited list of specified reactor projects to build instead of all projects. A project can be specified by [groupId]:artifactId or by its relative path. -s,--settings <arg> Alternate path for the user settings file {code} I think that the API should allow: 1) setting profiles and properties ("like mvn -DskipTests=true ..."). 2) toggle online/offline 3) invoke phase or goalsetting phase 4) select pom file Optional stuff I'm not sure of is: 5) select settings file 6) select global settings file 7) strict/lax checksums 8) am/amd 9) non-recursive 10) global-settings file 11) settings file 12) npu/nsu 13) --projects -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira